--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8203,7 +8203,7 @@ static int nl80211_parse_wowlan_tcp(stru
 		port = nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_WOWLAN_TCP_SRC_PORT]);
 	else
 		port = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_INET
+#if defined(CONFIG_INET) && (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,37))
 	/* allocate a socket and port for it and use it */
 	err = __sock_create(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,
 			    IPPROTO_TCP, &cfg->sock, 1);